Building block or tile.



.E. S. STANTON. BUILDING BLOCK 0R TILE. 0 APPLICATION FILED SEPTPIB,1913.

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/L' A l UNI ED STATES PATENT oFEion- EDWARD S. STANTON, OF CLEVELAND,OHIO.

BUILDING BLOCK OR- TILE.

To all whom it may concern: F

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. STANTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county, of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Building Blocks orTiles; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others.

skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

. This invention relates to building blocks or tiles employed for theconstruction of walls, the object being the production of a block ortile which is simple in construction, easily bonded and provided withinterlocking means on its upper and lower surface.

A further object of this invention is to produce a tile or block whichprovides a wall structure forming a plurality of independent airchambers extending in a horizontal direction, the blocks being formedwith projections and mortar receiving spaces into which the projectionsof an adjoining block are received thus forming a structure whichprevents moisture from passing from one face of the wall to the other. i

A still further object of the invention is to so form the block or tilethat the same may be easily dressed while being set or laid.

This invention consists in the peculiar construction -of. the tile orblock as will be hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the drawings Figure I, is a perspective view of the block embodyingthis invention, and Fig. II, is a section-taken through a portion of thewall illustrating the manner in which the blocks or tiles are assembledor laid and the manner of engaging the same with each other by means ofmort-aror cement.

The construction of the tile or block is as follows: Thehollow chambers1, and 2, are provided on each side of the block and are bonded at thetop by a suitable web. At the lower inner corners of each chamberprojections 7 and 8 are provided and at the upper outer corners ofsaidchambers projections 3 and 4 are provided, all of the above namedprojections being undercut in opposite directions thus forming dovetailed projections. The web 6 which connectsthe two chambers 1 and 2 isprovided on the upper surface with a dove tailed projection 5. Forreasons hereinafter set forth this dove Specification of Letters Patent.

tailed projection 5 is slightly higher than Patented Feb.. 24,'1914.Application filed September 18, 1913. Serial No. 790,484.

the upper surface of the tile proper and the upper edge of saidprojection 5 is squared as at 9. By forming a brick in the above mannerthe projections 3 and 4 in combination with the projection 5 'provide aseries of recesses 9 and 10into whichfit the lugs of an adjoining brick.In utilizing this brick for building purposes-the mortar 9 is placedupon the upper surface of the brick (not necessarily on the uppersurface of projection 5) and in the recess 9 and 10; the next brick isthen placed on top of the brick thus prepared and the projections 7' and8 placed in the grooves 9 and 10, thus forming another air chamber '6.By constructing the brick with the projection 5 higher than the surfaceof the brick, proper the mortar 9 can be placed'on the brick easilywithout covering the top of the projection 5 and further thisconstruction of the projection 5 provides a more positive anchorage forthe brick with the adjoining one.

The object of squaring the project-ion 5 as at 9 is to allow the base ofsaid projection. 5 being made heavy while at the same time allowing thetop of said projection being made small enough to pass between theprojections 7 and 8 of the adjoining brick and allows the brick to bedressed or moved in relation to the adjoining brick. From the above itwill be seen that a wall constructed of this brick providesindependentlyspaced and non-communicating horizontal chamhers I and 2and 6 and it will also be noted that themortar which binds the bricksis'so placed andutilized that while the courses are firmly bonded ortied together the mortar does not continue from the outer surface to lthe inner surface of the brick and hence surface through the medium ofthe mortar.

It is further seen that a brick of this structure allows a greatersurface to be covered by the mortar thus forming a moreperfect and solidoint or connection of the bricks.

In setting forth and describing this invention'I have shown a brick as Ibelieve is 1. A block or tile of the class described moisture cannotpenetrate from surface to comprising two chambers located atthe outeredge thereof, undercut projections located on the upper surface of thesaid chambers, said chambers being connected by means of a Web, said webbeing provided on its upper surface with a dove tailed projectionextending above the normal level of the block adapted to fit into therecesses of an adjoining brick, all substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2. A block or tile of the class described comprising two chamberslocated at the outer edge thereof, projections located on the uppersurface of said chambers, said chambers being connected by means of aweb, said web being provided 011 its upper surface with a projection,said projections combined formt ing recesses'directly above the innerwalls of said chambers, the lower edge of said inner walls beingprovided with projections adapted. to fit into the recesses of anadjoining block or tile, all substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

Signed at Cleveland in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio this13th day of September 1913.

EDWARD S. STANTON.

Witnesses: 4

JOHN J. DONNELLY, ALBERT B. DONNELLY.

